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RKW
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Jul 01, 2014

How much reliability would I gain replacing an old AC?

We have an older fifth wheel. Recently the wife and I were discussing getting a new RV, but we like the floor plan and size of the one we have now. I've also done many mods. In the end we decided to k...
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ksg5000
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Jul 02, 2014
My 20+ year old air conditioner works fine .. I clean/maintain it every year and acknowledging it's getting old I replaced both capacitors (easy diy and inexpensive) - also switched out the old thermostat with a modern digital one. If you change the capacitors consider upgrading to "hard start" capacitor it helped my old air conditioner start up and cost about $40? or so.

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